Patient-mediated factors predicting early- and late-stage presentation of breast cancer in Egypt

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 532-537

  Stapleton, Jaye M ^a   Mullan, Patricia B ^b   Dey, Subhojit ^a   Hablas, Ahmed ^c   Gaafar, Rabab ^d   Seifeldin, Ibrahim A ^c   Banerjee, Mousumi ^a   Soliman, Amr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Tanta Cancer Center   (Egypt)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Egypt; Global health; Late stage; Oncology; Patient factors

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953732980     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1767     Document Type: Article

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